A Storytelling Choreographer Who Listens to Her Audience
Camille A. Brown has stories to tell about black lives that go beyond stereotypes. “ink,” her newest dance, shows a growing trust in her own art.
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CreditAndrea Mohin/The New York Times Review: On Siri, Bodies and Masks in ‘he his own mythical beast’
In this thoughtful, subtly provocative dance performance, David Thomson explores identity. (It’s complicated.)
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CreditAndrea Mohin/The New York Times Review: A Work That Conjures Desert Sands and Whirlwinds
In “What the Day Owes to the Night,” the French choreographer Hervé Koubi reimagines the world of his Algerian ancestry.
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CreditRudolf Costin for The New York Times Ditching Ballet Class to Find a Mentor and a New Way to Move
Arcell Cabuag has worked with Ronald K. Brown for 20 years. A new Brown duet, “Den of Dreams,” commemorates their collaboration and friendship.
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A portion of “Turf,” a duet section from Camille A. Brown’s “ink” that takes the dancers from boyhood innocence to teenagers protecting their turf to manhood.
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A scene from the choreographer Dean Moss’s “Petra,” which explores race, desire and power — bitter tears and all.
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Credit Like a Prayer
The New York City Ballet principal Maria Kowroski dances the opening of George Balanchine’s “Mozartiana.”
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Credit Good Vibrations
In Moriah Evans’s “Figuring,” minuscule movements start from deep inside the body before moving out.
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The challenge for the Brooklynettes, who perform at home games of the Brooklyn Nets, is to capture the attention of fans.
